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Canada ranked as 2nd best country in the world. (www.cicnews.com)
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Despite what Canada's nation hating extreme right would have you believe.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

United States is fifth.

Yeah, "best" is a rather vague metric, and in this case, simply bullshit

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hey the USA is a great place to live if you make good money. Not a great place to be poor though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much. Most of the best Universities in the world. That most of it's citizens could never afford to attend. Many of the best Hospitals and specialty clinics in the world. That again most of it's people can't use.

Most American's are somewhere in the middle, and I'm sure the median household has more disposable income than most other first world countries, it's just that the prosperity is so unevenly spread.

Granted, some would speculate that it is because of the unevenness that the US is so prosperous, but I would dispute that. I think the US could go a long long ways towards helping it's less fortunate without compromising it's prosperity.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Most of the best Universities in the world.

Not sure if the world agrees. You certainly have a lot of universities in the country. Also not sure about best hospitals...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How does it compare to canada? I legit have no idea. I just remember reading in a thread like 2 days ago how an american person moved to canada and one of the main complaints was how pay was less and housing was way more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

House prices are much more reasonable in the USA. Obviously it's a huge country and it depends where you want to live, but in comparison house prices in Canada make no sense whatsoever.

Culturally, very similar. There are subtle differences. Americans are louder and more confident in general I think. Also way more business oriented. People in general seem less healthy but the disparity with Canada isn't that big anymore. Wealth disparity is though. Way more very poor people, way more really rich people. In Canada I'm a top 1% earner. In the USA I'm not really even close.

The obvious major difference from Canada is health insurance. If it's not covered by your employer (92% of Americans have coverage last I checked), I hope you have some disposable income to pay to pay for health insurance. That being said, taxes are usually way lower depending on which state you're in, so you very well might come out ahead, even with copay and deductible. For reference, I had a global health insurance plan with Cigna. It had 1 mil USD coverage and max out of pocket per year for me was like 3 k USD. That was 205 USD/month. This didn't cover general doctors visits, or anything related to that. It was basically for visits to the emergency room. So if you're looking for coverage at the same level as Canada, you're going to be paying more. I have heard from numerous sources that the health care in the USA is way better than in Canada--as long as you can pay for it.

These are broad generalizations. USA is a very diverse place. Of all places I've been in the world, USA is the most similar to Canada, and Australia probably comes second.